一张钞票被弄皱了，其价值不会变；扔到地上，踩上几脚，其价值依然没变！当你失意、落魄潦倒时，你自身的价值就改变了吗？Awellknownspeakerstartedoffhislecturebyholdingupa$20bill.Intheroomof200,heasked,“Whowould21this$20bill?”Handsstartedgoingup.Hesaid,“Iamgoingtogivethis$20tooneofyoubutfirst,letmedothis.”Heproceededtocrumple(弄皱)thedollarbillup.21.A.likeB.wantC.borrowD.get21.A。由下文“Whostillwantit?”可知，因wouldlike=want(想要)。√即使失意潦倒自身价值未变(完形)Hethenasked,“Who22wantsit?”Stillthehandswereupintheair.“Well,”hereplied,“WhatifIdothis?”Andhedroppeditonthegroundandstartedtogrind(践踏)itintothefloorwithhis23.Hepickeditup,nowallcrumpledand24.“Nowwhostillwantsit?”Stillthehandswentintotheair.22.A.stillB.yetC.alreadyD.really23.A.capB.shoeC.sockD.leg24.A.shabbyB.dirtyC.brokenD.ragged22.A。由上下文的语气可知；现在弄皱了，谁“还”想要呢？另外，下文“Nowwhostillwantsit?”也是明显的提示。23.B。由常识可知，践踏应是用脚上穿的“鞋”。24.B。由前文“扔在地上践踏”了，可知“脏”了。√√√“Myfriends,youhavealllearnedaveryvaluable25.NomatterwhatIdidtothemoney,youstillwanteditbecauseitdidnot26invalue.Itwasstillworth$20.”Manytimesinourlives,weare27,crumpled,andgroundintothedirtbythedecisionswe28andthecircumstancesthatcomeourway.25.A.lessonB.storyC.senseD.class26.A.disappearB.loseC.increaseD.decrease27.A.illB.thrownC.droppedD.blamed28.A.haveB.decideC.obeyD.make25.A。可说learnalesson，但没有learnaclass的说法。26.D。由“Itwasstillworth$20”可知，其价值并没有“减少”。27.C。与前文的“hedroppeditontheground”对应。28.D。搭配：makedecisions(作出决定)。√√√√Wefeelasthoughweare29.Butnomatterwhathashappenedorwhatwillhappen,youwillneverloseyourvalue.Youarespecial–Don’t30forgetit!29.A.valuableB.worthlessC.invaluableD.priceless30.A.oftenB.trulyC.everD.never29.B。由前段和后句可知本句句意为：我们感到好象一无是处(或一文不值)。选项C和D意为“无价的”。30.C。由语境可知句意为，“在任何时候都不要忘记——你非同一般！”表示“在任何时候(atanytime)”是ever。√√改变世界从改变自己开始(语法)改变世界从改变自己开始，因为在我们改变自己的同时也潜移默化地影响着家庭。在他们的鼓舞和激励下，我们可能会使我们的国家变得更美好，从某种角度来看，也正改变着世界。ThefollowingwordswerewrittenonthetombofanAnglicanBishop(主教)intheCryptsofWestminsterAbbey(西敏寺):WhenIwasyoungandfreeandmy31(imagine)hadnolimits,Idreamedofchangingtheworld.32Igrewolderandwiser,Idiscoveredtheworldwouldnotchange,soI33(short)mysightssomewhatanddecidedtochangeonlymycountry.31.imagination。在形容词性物主代词后要用名词。32.As。表示“随着”，要用as引导时间状语从句。33.shortened。作谓语要用动词，由上下文可知，要用一般过去时。But34,too,seemedimmovable.AsIgrew35mytwilightyears(晚年),inonelastdesperateattempt,Isettledforchangingonlymyfamily,those36(close)tome,37alas,theywouldhave38ofit.34.it。替代前文中的tochangeonlymycountry。35.into。表示“长成”growinto。36.closest。“家人”是“最亲近的的人”。37.but。前后是转折关系。38.none。搭配：havenoneof(=refusetoaccept)不接受，不理睬。AndnowasIlieonmydeathbed,Isuddenlyrealize:IfIhadonlychangedmyselffirst,thenbyexampleI39(change)myfamily.Fromtheirinspirationandencouragement,Iwouldthenhavebeenable40(better)mycountryand,whoknows,Imayhaveevenchangedtheworld.39.wouldhavechanged。与过去事实相反的虚拟语态。40.tobetter。搭配；beabletodo。追逐你的梦想(完形)IhaveafriendnamedMontyRobertswhoownsahorseranchin...
